237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)—Sept. 4: Bonnie Tyler. Despite her thirty years in the music business, the husky-voiced Welsh songstress is inarguably best known for her histrionic ballad from 1983, “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” produced by the Meat Loaf associate Jim Steinman. While Tyler scored hits before and after (notably “It’s a Heartache” and “Holding Out for a Hero”), that song remains her calling card.

FILLMORE NEW YORK AT IRVING PLAZA

17 Irving Pl., at 15th St. (212-777-6800)—Sept. 4: The British rapper, writer, and producer Tricky (a.k.a. Adrian Thaws) embellishes slow, sexy beats with found sounds—plinking keyboard loops, metallic guitars, industrial grind, and so on. The result is dense, spare, and soulful; it’s soothing yet vaguely disturbing, like a good romance.

HIGHLINE BALLROOM

431 W. 16th St. (212-414-5994)—Sept. 3: Miles Hunt, the front man for the Wonder Stuff, performs his solo material. With Wayne Hussey, formerly of the goth stalwarts the Mission and Sisters of Mercy. Sept. 8: Sons & Daughters, from Glasgow, features two former associates of the melancholic Scottish band Arab Strap. They made their début in 2003 with an EP, “Love the Cup,” that paid tribute to Johnny Cash and embraced the big, bad American West. They maintained the Man in Black’s hard-edged attitude on their follow-up album, “The Repulsion Box,” from 2005. Their new release, “This Gift,” was produced by the ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, and it takes a stab at well-rounded pop.

MERCURY LOUNGE

217 E. Houston St. (212-260-4700)—Sept. 4: The San Diego-based group Delta Spirit mixes Northern soul with old-school folk for a refreshing sound on its new album, “Ode to Sunshine.”

MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG

66 N. 6th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn (718-486-5400)—Sept. 6: The Silver Jews, the work of the poet and songwriter David Berman, have been playing noisy, inspired, and extremely literate post-punk off and on since 1990. The core band started with Berman, Stephen Malkmus, and Bob Nastanovich (both of Pavement), although the lineup has changed almost continuously. Despite holding the band together, Berman has rarely toured. He took to the road two years ago, in support of the album “Tanglewood Numbers,” and he’s back now with songs from the band’s latest release, “Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea,” a sparkling collection of country-tinged rock.

ROSELAND

239 W. 52nd St. (212-307-7171)—Sept. 5: The Fratellis, a high-energy band from Glasgow, deliver a brash, highly melodic guitar attack with grit and vigor, calling to mind their forebears in the Jam and early Who. The group, which has a colorful take on the old rock-song standbys of girl trouble and romance, recently released its second album, “Here We Stand.”

SANTOS PARTY HOUSE

100 Lafayette St. (212-584-5492)—The brainchild of Andrew W.K. (born Andrew Wilkes-Krier), the rocker who first made a splash with songs like “It’s Time to Party,” “Party Hard,” and “Party Til You Puke,” this Spartan eight-thousand-square-foot, bi-level temple of dancing, romancing, and, er, partying, has been in the works for three years, and though it’s now operating seven nights a week, it has yet to have its official grandopening party. But that’s not because Andrew W.K., who put the space together with three friends (the artist Spencer Sweeney, the night-life impresario Larry Golden, and the architect and restaurateur Ron Castellano), has been lazy. In addition to his performing career, he’s also a producer—he just co-produced the reggae legend Lee (Scratch) Perry’s latest album, “Repentance,”—and, of all things, a much sought-after motivational speaker. D.j.s get the crowd moving nightly, and rock shows and art events are planned for later this fall. The club itself, which has also, briefly, been known as 100 Lafayette and Santa’s Party House, has a wicked sound system and a wallet-friendly no-mandatory-bottle-service policy. After all, one of Andrew W.K.’s other signature songs is the anthem “I Love NYC.”

SPIEGELTENT

Pier 17, South Street Seaport (212-279-4200)—Sept. 7-9: The Citizens Band—a politically minded collective of musicians, actors, and performance artists that came together in response to the results of the 2004 election—has addressed issues like health care and the environment in dazzlingly decadent, Weimar-cabaret-style productions. The troupe performs its sixth show, “The Panic Is On” (premièred late last year at Ars Nova), an id-and-underbelly extravaganza of song and dance, longings and fears. While most of the songs sound vintage, the themes—war, poverty, xenophobia—are all too resonant in today’s age of anxieties. The glittery cast features the trapeze artists Sarah Sophie Flicker and Chelsea Bacon and the vocal divas Rachelle Garniez and Angela McClusky. They will be joined by two special guests for these performances, Nina Persson, of the Cardigans, and Amanda Palmer, of the Dresden Dolls.

WEBSTER HALL

125 E. 11th St. (212-353-1600)—Sept. 9: The Stereophonics. Though well established in Europe, this Welsh trio with a thing for burly alternative rock has yet to properly crack the States. Their more recent albums have shown that they are capable of more than simple guitar-based clamor.

JAZZ AND STANDARDS

ABRONS ARTS CENTER

466 Grand St., at Pitt St. (212-598-0400)—Sept. 6: The pianist Misha Mengelberg and the drummer Han Bennink walk a thin line between musical genius and madness with their wonderfully unclassifiable, ten-piece ICP (Instant Composers Pool) Orchestra. Among the band’s exceptional, if gloriously unruly, soloists are Michael Moore, on woodwinds, and Tristan Honsinger, on cello.

BIRDLAND

315 W. 44th St. (212-581-3080)—Sept. 3-6: The John Abercrombie quartet. The invigorating interaction that the guitarist Abercrombie delivers with his live ensembles mirrors the consistent excellence of his ECM recordings of the past few decades.

BLUE NOTE

131 W. 3rd St., near Sixth Ave. (212-475-8592)—It may be news to most that fusion is hip again (witness the attention the Return to Forever reunion garnered last month), but not to the drummer Billy Cobham, who has been waving the banner of virtuosic excess ever since leaving the Mahavishnu Orchestra, in the mid-seventies. His Spectrum Band (here Sept. 2-7) includes the bassist Victor Bailey, a mainstay of late-edition Weather Report.

DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA

Broadway at 60th St. (212-258-9595)—Sept. 1-2: In Edmar Castaneda’s hands, the Colombian harp becomes a viable instrument for jazz improvisation. Sept. 3-8: The guitarist Kenny Burrell, a longtime master who mingles silky tones with bluesy ardor, fronts a quintet that includes the solid support of the bassist Peter Washington.

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY

540 Park Ave., at 61st St. (212-339-4095)—Michael Feinstein’s new album, “The Sinatra Project,” is a reminder that the Chairman of the Board had an exceptional ear for quality songs. Feinstein, the contemporary king of cabaret who is celebrating his tenth anniversary here Sept. 2-6 (accompanied by a seventeen-piece big band that includes the guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli), brings a sharp sense of individuality to the near-patented material.

IRIDIUM

1650 Broadway, at 51st St. (212-582-2121)—Sept. 4-7: Still going strong some forty years after laying the groundwork for fusion guitar, Larry Coryell hooks up with the keen young organist Sam Yahel and the veteran drummer Al Foster. Mondays belong to the electric-guitar innovator Les Paul. The Mingus Big Band takes over on Tuesdays.

(LE) POISSON ROUGE

158 Bleecker St. (212-796-0741)—Sept. 4: Three players who are always willing to startle an audience—the saxophonist John Zorn, the bassist Bill Laswell, and the drummer Milford Graves—stir up free-jazz trouble. The faint of heart should sit this one out.

178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St. (212-255-4037)—Sept. 2-7 and Sept. 9-14: The atypical drums-saxophone-guitar configuration of the Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, and Bill Frisell trio hasn’t hindered its ascent as one of the premier small groups of jazz. This trio can shift from raucous to poetic during the course of a set. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra holds sway on Mondays.